Throne And Liberty Western Launch Delayed, Partly Due To Changes Made To Disappointing Combat System

It needs a bit of work.

QuintLyn Bowers
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Throne And Liberty Western Launch Delay

The wait for the Western launch of Throne and Liberty has gotten a bit longer. During a recent earnings call – reported by WCCFTech – NCSoft revealed that they would be delaying the launch of the MMORPG in the West in order to work on the game’s combat system. As it turns out, the game’s reception wasn’t quite as good as they hoped, due to the disappointing combat.

The issue is that the game, which was originally presented as having dynamic combat affected by things like time of day and the weather, turned out to use the tab-target system seen in MMOs like World of Warcraft rather than more-recently-made counterparts. It seems the negative reception of this system has resulted in NCSoft deciding to hold back on launching the game in order to address this. They’ve already been working on it, as, according to the South Korean site Inven, “the response speed has been improved to enable dynamic combat, as well as attacks by moving”.

What this could mean for the "auto-combat" tool is unknown right now, if anything.

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QuintLyn Bowers
QuintLyn Bowers, News Editor

QuintLyn is a long-time lover of all things video game related will happily talk about them to anyone that will listen. She began writing about games for various gaming sites a little over ten years ago and has taken on various roles in the games community.

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Discussion (4)

arkaida 1 year ago
I was top 30 in Aion server, don't ruin the only hope we have for a new mmorpg to be the best in history!!!

arkaida 1 year ago
I refuse to play the game and so will many others if the tab target system is not there, tab target is a crucial part of mmorpg's on pc!!! I've played every NCSOFT game and the only game I would still play is Aion and that game has been ruined by gold sellers and low population... let's get this straight WOW is still the largest and longest running mmorpg EVER! Deal with it!!! Unless your playing Destiny then tab target needs to stay, no one in the USA will play Throne and Liberty unless tab target is there!!! If you want to play some cheesy game with a box we're targeting is in a small box or just randomly hit people because you have no skill then go play NCSOFT's other garbage... Personally I've been waiting years for a real mmorpg with classes that have over 30 skills and tab target with flight and none exist, if they fail at tab target for this game it will be the official downfall of NCSOFT!!! The creator meant for it to be there so do not take it away or it WILL FAIL!!!!

mmojoe 1 year ago
OMG! Some people actually enjoy tab target mmos! It’s awful that this game play type can never make it past beta form even though the most popular MMORPG in the world are also tab target… (WoW, FFXIV)

astral 1 year ago
A tad more than "a bit" lol. Glad they're fixing it though.


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